Perspectives
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Nuhu Ribadu and nature of Nigeria’s political wilderness, By Tolu Ogunlesi
I’ve been thinking a lot about the concept of the political wilderness. That place of lessened (or even absent) influence and clout that people go into, after having held significant political or administrative power. Take the example of Nuhu Ribadu, who ran the EFCC as pioneer Chairman between 2003 and 2008. He was only in his forties, but he was…
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What Buhari didn’t say to President Tinubu, By Garba Shehu
If social media is to be believed, former President Muhammadu Buhari is requesting his successor, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, not to investigate some former officials of his government. It is fake, let us not discuss it or give it energy or air of publicity. This is fake news, and nothing more. Thankfully, there was no one other than the two…
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A rule of strong men or strong institutions? By Simbo Olorunfemi
It is either Nigerians don’t know how to make a distinction between institutions and individuals or we simply struggle to understand how, with our own hands and by our actions, we end up strengthening individuals to the detriment of our institutions. We just won’t let our institutions, especially those statutorily set up to be independent, function as designed. If only…
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Regulatory imperatives for sustaining the revolution in the communications sector, By Tony Ojobo
The telecommunications industry has undoubtedly witnessed tremendous growth and development in Nigeria. It is a sector that directly impacts every aspect of human life, business, education, governance, family, entertainment, etc. Growth in the industry was slow for several years after Nigerian Independence. The total telephone subscriptions from Independence in 1960 to 2001 was a paltry 400,000 connected analogue lines, translating…
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Between parity and fair Value for the Naira,By Simbo Olorunfemi
It’s been just over one week since the Central Bank of Nigeria announced what it referred to as “operational changes to the foreign exchange market”, which saw to the abolishment of segmentation, with all segments collapsed into the Investors and Exporters (I&E) window. Between June 15th when the change of policy, which was designed to usher in a market-led regime…
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Why Buhari delayed fuel subsidy removal, By Garba Shehu
Why did it take the new Tinubu/Shettima presidency weeks to remove the petrol subsidy when Buhari didn’t do so for years fails to ask the right question. The massive electricity subsidy. The fraudulent fertilizer subsidy. Hajj/Christian Pilgrim subsidies. Remember them? The diesel subsidy. The aviation fuel subsidy. LPFO. Kerosene. Cooking gas and the other subsidy policies we found in place,…
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Atiku and Obi failed to prove rigging before the presidential election Tribunal, By Anthony Kila
Atiku and Peter Obi have both closed their respective cases without proving how they won the election. So, the idea of the court declaring any of them the winner of the election is out of the equation. The second part of their plea is to get Tinubu disqualified on three grounds. Shettima’s so called double nomination that has now been…
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Fuel subsidy: Enough of cosmetic palliatives, By Yemi Adebowale
In the last 25 days, a very good friend of mine, Francis Adelakun (chartered accountant) has been struggling with his expenditure in relation to his income, no thanks to the huge rise in the price of petrol. Driving from his house in beloved Ikorodu, Lagos State to office in Ikoyi, requires just 20 litres of petrol. Well, it used to…
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Sex, pastors and pastors’ wives, By Funke Egbemode
Today I’m worried about men of God, wet matchboxes and the fire at the base of the mountains of pastors’ wives. I’m worried about pastors who leave their wives’ needs unattended in the name of doing God’s work. A pastor’s wife was caught pants down with her butt-naked brother-in-law defiling the clergy man’s marriage bed. The video trended for a…
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𝐓𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐀𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐢 𝐚𝐧𝐝 h𝐞𝐫 s𝐢𝐱𝐭𝐡 s𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞, By Samuel Fasanmi
One of my Pastors will always call me ‘Sanmi instead of Fasanmi. Fasanmi simply means Ifa oracle is profitable to me, and my pastor felt that in calling me Fasanmi, he was indulging in idolatry! Such is the level to which Pentecostalism has tied us to delirious treadmill of profanity in Nigeria. The same pastor feels comfortable with names like…
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